Gop

… a page straight out of the paranoid mind of former presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz. It talks of the transition of the US government from its involvement in DNS root zone management (what the GOP calls “web names”) as an “abandonment” of internet freedoms to Russia, China and Iran, which are ready to “devour” them. Here’s the relevant…

… PACEDm.com BuzzFeed, saying that Donald Trump, the presumptive republican nominee for President is a “Hazard to Health,” has refused to accept ads from the GOP and canceled a current advertising buy. The website is pulling out of an agreement signed with the RNC earlier this year, according to an email BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti sent…

… The biggest storyline surrounding the most recent Republican Presidential Debate in Iowa was the absence of frontrunner Donald Trump. The no-show certainly didn’t hurt Trump on social, where he still was the most-talked-about candidate — despite not being on stage. New metrics from SocialFlow and Brandwatch show how Trump’s non-presence loomed…

… the United States. There were more than 1.3 million posts about Trump the next day. Trump’s comments on Dec. 8 vaulted him to the top (in terms of social chatter), when compared to candidates Hillary Clinton and Ben Carson. SocialFlow’s chart does not take into account the full volume of Dec. 8 posts, just the initial spike. His comments about Muslims…

… @realDonaldTrump. (Talkwalker) Here were the top 5 most-talked about candidates on Twitter before, during and shortly after the debate: 2) Ben Carson gained the most Twitter followers of any debate participant last night. (Vocativ) 3) Gun control and the economy were the most-talked about debate topics on social. (Synthesio) 4) Trump…